About this book

Birds fly very efficiently, doing little work themselves, and gaining large amounts of energy from the atmosphere. Whether on local flights or migration, they have the freedom to fly anywhere they please. It is because of this that scientists have long been fascinated with how birds remain the ultimate aviators. Birds Never Get Lost includes reports of how bird flight has been studied in laboratories, as well as by flying with them. It also provides a comprehensive background of what distinguishes birds from other flying animals, past and present, from bats to pterosaurs.

Contents

Chapter 1. Who started flight, animal and human? 1Chapter 2. How fast do they go in level flight? 15Chapter 3. How far can you go on a full tank? 31Chapter 4. The biggest and smallest birds 45Chapter 5. Why fly now? 61Chapter 6. Up with the storks 79Chapter 7. Flying to make a living 97Chapter 8. Migration over the sea 117Chapter 9. Tension versus cantilever wings 137Chapter 10. The bird and its autopilot 151Chapter 11. The Flight programme 169

References 173Index 175

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